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** AFGHANISTAN. It has been reported that well-known DXer Peter,
ON6TT, is back in Kabul. He is there setting up U.N communications
for the U.N. personnel. Knowing Peter, we are sure he will try to
receive permission to operate from this country (KB8NW/OPDX Nov
26/BARF-80 via John Norfolk, OKCOK, DXLD)
KABUL, Afghanistan - For five years of Taliban rule, Mohammad Yaseen
lived a life of danger in this city, risking imprisonment or worse
while performing activities outlawed by the fundamentalist Islamic
regime.... [repairing TVs] Read the full story at the address below:
http://dailynews.philly.com/content/daily_news/2001/11/23/national/AFTV23W.htm
This Story has been sent to you by : (L Johnson, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** AFGHANISTAN [non]. Ouvida hoje, 25 de Novembro de 2001: 9950 kHz -
Radio Voice of Afghanistan, local do transmissor UNID. Inicio às 1125
com apitos e às 1130 OM em pashto, ID, breve canto religioso, música
e muitas menções do Taleban (atenção, essa é uma emissora Anti
Taleban). SINPO 35444 (Marcelo Toníolo, Greenvale, NY, NRD 345 + MFJ
959B Longwire 25 metros, radioescutas via DXLD)
1130??? Did you slip into Hora de Brasília instead of UT, even tho
you are in NY? (gh)
Hi Glenn. Thanks for your message. There was a mistake in my log as
the correct is 13:30 UTC and I didn't mean Brasilia time (11:30)..it
was just a coincidence. I read every DX LISTENING GUIDE you send to
the list because I consider it my main source of information DX along
Cumbre DX and DXCB list. You are doing a great job (Marcelo Toníolo,
NY, Nov 25, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
And the following, is it really in CET? (gh, DXLD)
9950 1430 25/11 Voce dell'Afghanistan Start Bc, Ids, news, music,
talks about the radio. Strong signal over S 9 with little fading. I
used 6,2 khz filter 73 (Giampiero Bernardini, Milano - Italia, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
Regarding the 9950 observations around 1545: This was certainly Radio
Kairo. I tuned in at 1615 and found their scheduled broadcast (should
be Albanian) in progress, strong carrier but very low modulation,
especially worse on speech. Such poor audio level adjustments are
typical for Radio Kairo, so it was certainly Kairo on early that Tom
heard (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Nov 25, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Radio Voice of Afghanistan was noted with fair-to-poor signals on
11/25, heard on 9950 at 1332 with Koran readings. My guess is that
the signal is coming from a site in Central Asia, maybe in the CIS
(Joe Hanlon in Philadelphia, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Still hearing 8700 at nights from around 1330...propagation.....faint
from 1230 UT (Johno Wright, Australia, Nov 25, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** BELGIUM. I find it strange that any country claiming to be
free (Belgium!) would have a law making voting compulsory. Thank you,
RVi, for informing me of this! And for giving me the opportunity to
irritate the Belgians I come across on Usenet with my knowledge of
their country. :-) (Ted Schuerzinger, who actually had a letter
mentioned on RVi today, swprograms Nov 25 via DXLD)
** CHINA. (re DXLD 1-180) At 2155 on 11/24 I heard CNR-1 with smooth
jazz music, followed by presumed ads in Chinese, on 11870, 12030, and
15355; very good signals here (Joe Hanlon in Philadelphia, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Nesta segunda-feira (26/11) estará viajando a China, onde
passará 10 dias com tudo pago pela CRI, o amigo e sócio do SRDXC,
Henrique José Dantas Felinto (Natal/RN). Além dele, mais 7 ouvintes
de várias partes do mundo foram sorteados no último concurso da Rádio
Internacional da China, cujo resultado foi divulgado no último dia
23/11 e já está no site do SRDXC. Aqui de público, queremos dar os
nossos parabéns ao Henrique José, que já havia ganho prémio da Voz do
Irã e da Rádio Havana Cuba e agora irá representar os ouvintes
brasileiros da Rádio Internacional da China nas comemorações dos 60
anos de Radiodifusão da China ao exterior. Que tenha uma boa viagem e
agradecemos pela sua comunicação enviada por e-mail neste domingo.
Abraços (Jailton C. Amaral, Presidente, Santa Rita DX Clube, Paraíba,
Brasil, Conexión Digital Nov 25 via DXLD)
** DUCIE ISLAND/PITCAIRN ISLAND. DUCIE DXPEDITION CANCELED
On late Monday, November 19th, the DXpedition team turned back to
Pitcairn due to the stormy weather conditions. Between the rough seas
and having to shut down the diesel engines to clean the fuel filter
every few hours, it was just too risky to attempt a landing. As they
were heading back to Pitcairn, the team began making plans to operate
in the upcoming CQWW Contest from Pitcairn. According to pilot
station Dr. Bill, N6GNX, the team made it back OK to Pitcairn,
however, once on the island the PIARA Ducie Island team decided not
to operate during the CQWW weekend from Pitcairn. The reason given
was that a diesel problem necessitated a dozen stops to clean the
fuel filter just on the trip back to Pitcairn alone, and it was
decided that it would be prudent to head back to the Gambier Island
earlier (0100z) November 22nd. Before leaving, Kan, JA1BK, donated
all the antennas and masts and 2 generators to the Pitcairn Island
Amateur Radio Association (PIARA) for a future DXpedition. INTEREST
NOTE: While on the island, Mike/K9AJ and Vince/K5VT who are both
medical doctors, made themselves available to several patients as the
number of doctors on Pitcairn just went from zero to two! For more
details/information on this operation, check the Web page:
http://www.qsl.net/wd4ngb/ducie.htm
(KB8NW/OPDX Nov 26/BARF-80 via John Norfolk, OKCOK, DXLD)
** ECUADOR. Listeners have reported a hum on HCJB`s 15115
transmitter, and our engineers have been working on the problem for
quite some time. Steve Sutherland at Pifo tells me it seems fine now.
Listeners` reports on this are welcome to dxpl@hcjb.org.ec (Allen
Graham, HCJB DX Partyline Nov 25 via DXLD)
15115 now mornings only until 1430, and the problem was worst in the
evenings. Is this the same transmitter now on 11840, and did it have
a hum too? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** ERITREA [non]. CLANDESTINE? from? to ? 21550 "Malayan Voice"
Trying to follow up on Graham Powell's great report of this unID, I
realized that I was going to have a heck of a time hearing this in
Florida at 1330 with co-channel Christian Voice on the frequency.
So I went to Graham's excellent http://www.21mhz.com site and with
some help from Graham I was able to listen to his files there. The
English ID wasn't a help at first, but the Arabic one was.
The station ID is Voice of the Horn [Sowt al-Qarn]. The English ID
to me sounds like "This is Malahi Voice." I suspect that "Malahi" or
"Malayan" or whatever it is might be the Tigrina word for "horn."
I found a website with information on the station in Arabic and
English:
http://www.voice-of-eritrea.com/Newsletter/voe_newsletter12112001.htm
The schedule in Arabic says that they are a new operation using 21550
daily from 1520 to 1720 GMT [sic, actually noted 1330-1430 UTC. Hans]
They are referred to on this page as Radio Horn [Itha' al-Qarn]. It
looks like they came on in early November as a story from November
5th makes has no mention of the station while the above story from
the 12th does.
Voice of Eritrea is a weekly newsletter that is connected to the
station. That's where the voiceoferitrea@aol.com address comes in.
In Graham's last cut, the announcer says in Arabic, our newspaper at
. . . voiceoferitrea@americaonline.com [One can also find it as on
the linked page in the next paragraph.]
Articles from Voice of Eritrea are listed at:
http://www.biddho.de/portal/categories.php?op=newindex&catid=6
There sure seem to be a lot of interviews with Eritrean government
officials done by this newspaper. This is hardly the mark of a
station run by an opposition group as most clandestines are. The
Voice of Eritrea's tone is anti-Ethiopian government and seemingly
anti-Eritrean government opposition groups, going as far as referring
to some of them as "discredited outfits."
Perhaps this is a station run by the Eritrean government or
pro-Eritrean government elements using the VoE newsletter as a cover.
Time will tell.
As far as to where this is coming from, I would say Germany or CIS.
DTK really seems to be airing a lot of the stuff going to the Horn of
Africa these days and 21550 kHz is used by an anti-Ethiopian
government program broadcast by DTK. We'll be able to narrow it down
quite a bit once someone hears them prior to sign on (Hans Johnson,
FL, Nov 25, Cumbre DX Special via DXLD)
I have uploaded some more audio files of this to the site. Whereas
the broadcasts on the 22nd & 23rd were mainly music & occasional IDs,
yesterday`s (24th) broadcast at 1330-1430 UT & today`s (25th) at
1332-1430 UT both contained long speeches by a YL in Arabic. Also
whereas previously there was an OM giving the email address, today it
was given by the YL in a section of Arabic talk (This is one of the
new recordings) 73's (Graham Powell, Wales, Nov 25, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** FRANCE. Re unID 4866: Hi! this voice-mirror (Months, Weekdays) is
from the French Air Force; sorry these vm's don't give the exact
station (as the vvv-tapes in CW) So it could be FDC (Metz), FDY
(Orleans), FDG (Bordeaux), FDI22 (Narbonne), FDI8 (Nice), but it`s a
station from this network for sure 73, (Tom - DL8AAM, Nov 25, Hard-
Core-DX mailing list via DXLD)
** FRANCE. R France Internationale Coverage Maps for Dec 2001
Available I have made a set of propagation forecasts for the English
broadcasts of RFI in December 2001 at:
http://www.uwasa.fi/~jpe/rfi/dec01/
DISCLAIMER: These forecasts are my personal view only, based on a
statistical assessment of their ITU requirement files. No guarantees
whatsoever for suitability for any purpose. 73s (Jari Perkiömäki,
Vaasa, Finland, jpe@uwasa.fi Nov 25, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
Jari, Since we poor North Americans have no choice but to go after
back-radiation to hear some stations in English, notably RFI, it
would be helpful to see back-radiation maps also toward North America
--- if you could compute any color on them at all. 73, Glenn Hauser
** INDIA. Dear Duane [Fischer], With reference to your enquiry about
sending reports to AIR, my suggestions are as follows:
Reports may be sent to AIR like to any other station. However the
following points may be noted.
1. Address your report to the Station Engineer to the respective
station.
2. Write timings in Indian Standard Time (IST) also which is UTC+5.30
3. Instead of SINPO numbers write briefly in words reception quality.
4. Better report on local programs rather than on relays of Delhi.
5. No return postage is needed.
6. Reports are to be written in English.
7. Reply rates vary from station to station and even from listener to
listener. Good Luck! ===== 73 (Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, dx_india via DXLD)
** INTERNATIONAL VACUUM [if not WATERS]. Hi Glenn, To many Anoraks in
the UK and the rest of Europe this is the ultimate radio station
since its offshore beginnings in 1964. Any chance of you plugging
their satellite frequency:
For the U.S.A., Mexico, Caribbean, Hawaii: Satcom C3, 131.0 West,
Channel 24, 4.180 GHz Horizontal, audio subcarrier 7.74
Programme details on the websites
http://www.radiocaroline.co.uk/
http://www.carolinesouth.com/index.htm
http://www.radiocaroline.de/
http://www.radio-caroline.nl/
The Radio Caroline Mailinglist on the web:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RadioCarolineMailinglist
Thanks (Mike Terry, UK, Nov 25, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INTERNATIONAL WATERS [and non] / ISRAEL.
DX Information from the British DX Club (BDXC-UK).
Former PM calls for legalisation of offshore station...
News from the only remaining country to have offshore radio.
http://www.offshore-radio.de/Israel.htm and http://www.offshore-radio.de/
Tuesday November 20th 2001 --- Hi Radio Friends !!
Nothing new here at the moment; I am waiting for the Harry de Winter
group to do its research to see if it is viable to start a peace
station off (or on) the coast of Israel. This seems to be taking
time, with all aspects being looked in to. When I have any concrete
news, I'll be in touch.
Meanwhile, this was published in Arutz 7's daily news update
yesterday:
The Media Criticism Prize, granted by Israel Media Watch, was awarded
last night in Jerusalem to journalists Amnon Lord and Amnon Dankner.
Former Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who addressed the
gathering, called for the opening of a free media market in Israel,
and to allow stations such as Arutz-7 to broadcast freely. A Knesset
law of February 1999 formally licensed Arutz-7, but it was frozen by
the Supreme Court following appeals by Labor MK Eitan Cabel and
Meretz MKs Yossi Sarid and Chaim Oron...
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INTRODUCTION (from http://www.offshore-radio.de/Israel.htm )
When one thinks of the words "offshore radio", I wouldn't blame you
if you thought of "Caroline" or "London ", "Veronica" or "RNI". But
from "Somewhere in the Mediterranean" eight offshore radio and T.V.
stations played their part in offshore radio history.
It seems each country had their own time span in history. Scandinavia
from 1958 to 1962, England from 1964 to 1968, Holland from 1970 to
1974 and Israel from 1973 until today. I am of course not forgetting
Radio Veronica, which started broadcasting in 1960, and Laser in
1985, plus Caroline`s various times on air until 1991 when the ship
finally gave into the elements and had to come into port.
From 1960 until today, there have been various other offshore radio
and T.V. stations all over the world, like Radio Uilenspiegel,
anchored off Belgium in the early 1960's, and of course Radio Hauraki
which had a tremendous effect on broadcasting in New Zealand.
I strongly recommend that you purchase a copy of Jim Parkes`
excellent "Encyclopedia of Offshore Radio"(now released as part of
the CD-Rom "Offshore Multimedia") to get the FULL picture of offshore
radio through the ages until today.
But I am going to concentrate on offshore radio in Israel, and the
eight radio and T.V. stations which have graced these shores since
1973 until this very day.
Let me explain one interesting fact here: EVERY offshore station that
has broadcast off the coast of Israel has ALWAYS broadcast WITHIN
Israel`s territorial waters. This has been to the silent agreement of
the government, Defence Ministry and the Ministry of Communications.
This was necessary because of Israel`s security needs. The Israeli
navy has/had to know where every Israeli vessel is anchored, so if
any terrorist vessel approaches, they will know about it. The
offshore stations (and there have been eight of them!), were in fixed
positions, and the Israeli navy knew exactly where they were.
Today Israel is the only country in the world to still have an
offshore radio station. Arutz Sheva continues to broadcast from off
the coast of Tel-Aviv, despite threats to close them down every now
and again from opposition Knesset members.
Rumours come and go as landbased stations who have been raided a few
times by the authorities, promise to go offshore. But usually none of
these promises come good. This HAS happened a few times though, with
Galei Hayam Hatichon (Mediteranean Waves), and Arutz 2000 being prime
examples.
Several of the former offshore DJ's are now prominent on Israel`s
legal stations, and Israel, along with Holland (Veronica) and New
Zealand, (Hauraki) recognized one of the offshore radio stations
popularity, and legalized one of the most popular of the stations -
Radio One in Haifa. One of the lesser known stations, it was, and is,
very popular in the Haifa area, and showed the way to local
commercial broadcasting today. Today, Radio One is known as Radio
Haifa, and broadcasts on the same frequency as they did in their
offshore days - 107.5 FM.
Israel is in the middle of a communications revolution at the moment.
Israel only got T.V. in 1967, and the first legal pop radio station
in 1976. Local (legal) commercial radio only started here in 1995,
and there is no doubt in anyone`s mind that the offshore radio
stations, past and present, had a big influence on the way Israeli
radio is today.
Before I start, I must give a big thank you to two people. First of
all to Dr. Martin van der Ven for giving me the space on his
wonderful site to spread the word of Israeli offshore radio, and to
Jim Parkes from where I got a lot of information about the Voice of
Peace (and other stations) that I did not know before. And my credits
go to Chris Edwards and the Offshore Echo`s Magazine where lots of
valuable infos are originating from.
I am going to give you a short history of each station that has
anchored off the Israeli coast, with frequencies, boat names and
anchor positions. Also some interesting stories that happened (I
don't know of an offshore station to date that has had a "normal
existence"). More at http://www.offshore-radio.de/Israel.htm
(via Mike Terry, Nov 25, BDXC-UK via DXLD)
** KOREA NORTH. Ed, 4L4FN, continues to be active as P5/4L4FN. The
frequencies (14205 and 28575) and times (1400-1500 and 2200-2400z)
remain the same. The West Coast and Mid-West stateside stations seem
to have a better chance to work ED, while East Coast and Central
stations can barely hear him (KB8NW/OPDX Nov 26/BARF-80 via John
Norfolk, OKCOK, DXLD)
** MEXICO. 4861, XERTA Radio Transcontinental de America. Ésta fue la
última frecuencia en la cual fue reportada. El día 11 de noviembre
transmitió en la frecuencia de 4775, el dia 12 por 4760, el 13 por
4775, el 14 y el 15 por 4782, el 17 por 4900 y el 18 de noviembre por
4852 (hasta las 19:00 UTC) para luego cambiar a 4861 (Héctor García
Bojorge, México, Conexión Digital Nov 25 via DXLD)
** MEXICO. Firma Radio Educación acuerdo con la BBC de Londres (CNI
en Línea). Como resultado de la firma de un convenio con la BBC de
Londres, la emisora mexicana Radio Educación ampliará su barra de
programas de noticias, culturales y científicas con producciones en
español de la cadena británica.
El convenio fue firmado por la presidenta del Consejo Nacional para
la Cultura y las Artes, Sari Bermúdez; Clara Izurieta, gerente de
Desarrollo de Negocios para América Latina de la BBC y Simón Mílner,
director adjunto del Consejo Británico.
Este acuerdo con la BBC, que durará un año, se suma al que la emisora
mexicana estableció con Radio Francia Internacional, su objetivo
primordial es reforzar su barra internacional, pues la empresa
inglesa llega cada semana con sus programas radiofónicos a 153
millones de oyentes en 43 idiomas (EPG-Redacción, Nov 21, via Héctor
García Bojorge, México via Conexión Digital via DXLD)
Muy bien... pero no es un avance, que la emisora antes producía más
programación original (Guillermo G. Hauser, COMPENDIO DE ESCUCHAS DX)
** SUDAN. Dear DX friends, First, I'd like to say "GOOD HOLY RAMADAN"
to all brother Muslems in this club. Here is my reception log for
Radio Omdurman, Sudan: -7200 KHz, R. Omdurman, from the Omdurman
station, with a power of 100 Kw. At 0200 UTC in Arabic. SINPO: 44544.
Programme content: The Holy QURAN. 73's. DXing from Sfax, Tunisia,
(ACHRAF CHAABANE N 92 CP3032 Sfax Tunisia, Nov 25, hard-core-dx via
DXLD)
** THAILAND. Subject: APwo 11/05 0844 WEEKLY RADIO ADDRESS: PM grabs
people's ear, NATION
Thaksin makes optimum use of opportunity to guide public opinion
When Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra speaks to his fellow Thais
every Saturday morning, he is definitely heard.
After 28 weeks on the air, his advisers have declared the "Prime
Minister Thaksin Talks to People" program a success. At least 385
radio stations now broadcast Thaksin's views from 8am to 8.30am each
Saturday [0100-0130 UT]. Other media such as television and newsprint
also seem to be listening and regularly play up issues discussed by
the premier, whether they play into his hands or not.
The choice of time slot seems to be perfect for setting the tone for
the coming week. Wherever he may be --- in Bangkok or away in Chiang
Mai or even in Shanghai --- Thaksin phones in to inform the people
directly of what is going on in the country and around the world.
This is the first time in Thai history that a prime minister has had
a radio program specifically for him --- another example of the Thai
Rak Thai party's "think-new, act-new" policy in action, says an
adviser to Thaksin.
"Previous administrations often said that the people should know what
the government knew. And we thought this was a very good idea," said
Phoomchai Vejjayachai.
He said the weekly radio program allowed Thaksin to communicate
directly with the people, without any form of censorship. The concept
is simple: Thaksin chats casually about domestic and global events of
the week. Government policies and performance are discussed, but not
as a direct official report of achievements. The premier may put on a
straight reporting style, go on the defensive or offensive, be
sarcastic or ironical. He pleads for public support and
understanding. He raises global topics such as the terrorist attacks
in the United States. Program host Praphan Hiranyapruk opens the
radio program but never knows beforehand what Thaksin plans to speak
about and is not supposed either to question or raise points during
the show.
Behinds the scenes, a team of government spokesmen serve as the
show's editorial staff. The team monitors incidents during the week
and selects interesting items. The number of issues brought up is not
fixed, ranging between 10 and 30 stories according to the situation
each week.
The administration plans four or five topics that will steer the
direction of news interest, according to an informed source. Thaksin
occasionally announces new policies, such as the construction of
roads to boost employment, which sometimes backfires by stirring
heated debate. Thaksin always chooses to act first rather than have
his hand forced. He doesn't mind if his initiatives sometimes
backfire because in most cases they are successful. In "Prime
Minister Thaksin Talks to People" he is able to direct people's
attention and opinions, even though he may occasionally draw
criticism.
Thaksin prefers to change the situation rather than being forced to
change by it. He is not pleased if the ploys initiated by him
sometimes do not go as planned. In any case, it shows that the
incumbent administration has a well-organized management and that its
leader will not allow himself to be put on the defensive. The moral
of the story is that the winner is the person who controls the game.
Saturday morning appears to be the right time to set news direction
of the next week and that is the reason why Prime Minister Thaksin
Shinawatra addresses to the nation via a radio program at that
particular time every week.
"Previous administrations had often said people knew what government
knew. And we think this is a very good idea (so we have initiated the
radio program for the premier)," Thaksin's advisor Phoomchai
Vejjayachai said.
He explained that the radio program allowed Thaksin to communicate to
people directly without any forms of censors. After 28 weeks in
practice, Phoomchai did not hesitate to call the radio broadcast a
success. At least 385 radio stations rushed in to put the radio
broadcast by Thaksin on air from 8.00 am to 8.30 am every Saturday.
Other media channels from television stations to newspapers have also
jumped in to play up issues discussed by the premier regardless of
whether they would play into the premier's hands.
The concept of "Prime Minister Thaksin Talks to People" radio program
is simple --- Thaksin just casually tells the people of what
happened in the week. Government policies and performances are
discussed but it was not the direct official report of the
government's achievements. The premier can take on reporting style,
can be on defensive, can be sarcastic and be ironical. He also pleads
for public support and understanding. He also brings the world
situations such as terrorist attacks in the United States as topics.
Program host Praphan Hiranyapruk just opened the radio program but he
has never known beforehand what Thaksin planned to talk about and he
had no duty either to question or remind something.
Behinds the scene, government spokesman's team has served as
editorial staff for the "Prime Minister Thaksin Talks to People"
program. The team monitored daily incidents of the whole week and
picked up only some interesting issues.
The number of issues brought up is not specific for it ranged from 10
to 30 stories according to the situation of each week.
An informed source said the administration planned between four of
five topics to steer the news direction. From times to times, Thaksin
will bring up new issues such as the construction of new roads to
boost job opportunities.
But the new topics sometimes backfired as they prompted heated
debates after. However, "Prime Minister Thaksin Talks to People"
radio program showed that the incumbent administration had systematic
management and that Thaksin would not allow him to be on defensive.
Thaksin will choose to change the situation rather than being forced
to change by the situations. He is not encouraged if the games
initiated by him sometimes backfired. The moral of the story is the
winner is the person controls the game.
Copyright 2001 NATION all rights reserved as distributed by
WorldSources, Inc. [sic with repetition] (Nov 5 via Mike Cooper,
DXLD)
** TIBET [and non]. Subject : CHINA monitoring results 3900-5500 kHz
This is a working list of radio stations from China that I heard
during the last week. As you perhaps know there was a number of
changes, new transmitters etc. Maybe the list could serve anybody who
would like to monitor China from a closer site (Bob Padula? - he
published an excellent list earlier this year) than from here in the
middle of Europe.
Strongest signals at my place:
4500 (REACTIVATED), 4800 (NEW), 4905 (NEW), 4920 (NEW), 4980, 5060,
5240 kHz. All are surely located in western areas of China (Tibet,
Xinjiang), especially Tibet area seems to be fortified by new
transmitters on 4905 and 4920 kHz (Tibetian program) and maybe also
on 4800 kHz (CNR 1).
++++++++++++++++++++++++
C H I N A 3900-5500 kHz
Radio stations heard in the Czech Republic (central Europe), November
17-24, 2001 Compiled by Karel Honzik - All times in UTC
3900.0 Fuzhou? (*2055-2300*) h 2230 Chinese
4190.0 CNR 4 Beijing (/2130 Kor) h 2110
4460.0 CNR 1 Beijing -1730* *2000-2230* Chinese
4500.0 CNR 8 Urumqi -1800* *0000- // 7935 excl. 0000, 1430, 1700
4620.0 CNR 2 Hohhot? h 1450 *2150- Chinese
4750.0 Hailar? h 1430 (*2150-2400*) h 2300 Mongolian? very weak
4785.0 Hohhot? h 1430 *2150- h English Lesson 2200, 2300: Mongolian?
4800.0 CNR 1 -1730* *2000-2400* h 1345; strong 2100
4815.0 CRI Togtoh -1600* *2300- h always in Russian
4839.9 Harbin? (-1440*) (*2055-0600*) h 2205; very weak;
4850.0 CNR 2 Beijing *2100-
4883.0 CRI Hohhot (*1200-1600*) h 1330; weak; Russian
4905.0 Lhasa -1700* *2250- 2300:CNR 4 IS; Tibetian; always // 4920,
5240
4920.0 Lhasa -1700* *2250- Tibetian; // 4905, 5240
4980.0 Urumqi -1800* *0000- h 1340; Uighur?
4990.0 Gangsha? (*2125-) h 2225; Chinese; fq = 4990.04
5010.0 CNR 2 Beijing h 1445 *2100-
5030.0 CNR 1 Beijing -1730* *2000-
5039.9 Fuzhou (-1215*) (*2300-) h 2230: CNR 1 news
5050.0 Nanning? h 2320 in Vietnamese?
5060.0 Urumqi -1800* *0000- h 1340; Chinese
5090.0 CNR 5 (*0955-0005*) for TWN; h 1515, 1800, 2320
5240.0 Lhasa -1700* *2250- Tibetian; // 4905, 4920
5320.0 CNR 1 Beijing (-1615*) (*2000-0030*) h 2240; weak
5420.0 CNR 4 Beijing (-1300*) (*2130-2300*) h 2240; Chinese; weak
All times in brackets ( ) are listed times.
Times without brackets are times when the stations were heard.
CNR = China National Radio (domestic services)
CRI = China Radio International (foreign service)
h = heard *2000 = sign on 1730* = sign off
+++++++++++++++++++++
Receiver: AOR AR-7030 Antenna: 80 m LW
GOOD DX, (Karel Honzik, the Czech Republic (Czechia), Nov 25, Hard-
Core-DX mailing list via DXLD)
** UKRAINE. Re DXLD 1-181: 11720 and 15520 would be Khar`kiv-
Taranivka, but the main power supply is still interrupted there due
to unpaid bills. So only 11825 from Brovary is on air at this time,
beaming towards Kazakhstan, but seemingly nobody at RRT bothers to
create a more convenient schedule. (RRT is the Ukrainian transmitter
company; they are responsible for the frequency schedules, not RUI
itself.) (Kai Ludwig, Germany, Nov 25, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U K. 11/12 1135 BROADCASTING COUP FOR COMPASS CATERERS
By Graeme Evans, City Staff, PA News
BBC staff were today promised "a menu with a difference" after
catering group Compass clinched a contract worth up to 150 million
[pounds? pence? farthings?]. The BBC canteen --- made famous by on-
air comments from presenters --- will offer brands such as Upper
Crust and Caffe Ritazza as well as an extended range of meals.
The ten-year deal secured by Eurest - a subsidiary of Compass - will
provide a round-the-clock service to 20,000 staff at 20 sites in
London and Scotland. Compass said the contract was worth up to 150
million in turnover and added to arrangements with blue-chip
companies, including BT and Lloyds TSB.
The Surrey-based company already provides services at the BBC but has
extended that through Land Securities, the property company which has
secured the contract to provide services to the BBC's London and
Scotland estate. Compass chief executive Michael Bailey said Eurest
would "transform" the service experienced by the BBC's staff.
He added: "We are looking forward to serving up a menu with a
difference for the 20,000 BBC workforce." Other brands set to be
introduced include Ixxy's Bagels and Tastte! Sandwiches, while the 11
traditional tea bars at BBC's Television Centre will give way to more
convenience-led outlets (via Mike Cooper, DXLD)
** U S A [and non]. Haven't heard [Dr Gene Scott] lately. He used to
rent lots of time on VOR's Siberian transmitters. You know, the big
media problem the US has in Asia isn't that al-Jazira is too
independent or that VOA isn't propagandistic enough, it's that people
like Dr. Scott and assorted Protestant fundamentalists portray
America too accurately (Lester Ness, China, Nov 26, swprograms via
DXLD)
Lester, I would roundly dispute that last remark. "Dr. Scott and
Protestant fundamentalists" (your description) may want you (and me)
to believe that, but nothing could be further from the truth. The
truth is far more complex (John Figliozzi, ibid.)
But only 5 percent of Americans have passports, i.e. are allowed for
foreign travel. In Asia, you listen to vernacular radio, that is your
view of the world. So FEBA, CV, TWR are on the air longer, more hours
than VoA, BBC. Try listening to a foreign broadcast during the day
overseas and it is evangelism.
Since the pattern of media, TV radio, press, is different, giving
priority to talking heads, visitors to America perk up at, not the
incomprehensible "entertainment" shows but Talking heads. So the
Sunday morning Washington D.C. stuff, and evangelists on radio or
TV are what seem authoritative. Europeans, and Canadians, find it
weird that over 50 percent of Americans go to church, and 90 percent
believe in God. Weird! (Daniel Say, BC, ibid.)
** U S A [and non]. MeasureCast Internet Radio Top 25 Has New
Leader: WQXR-FM, Classical Station of The New York Times
Business Wire; Nov 13, 2001 PORTLAND, Ore.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--
Nov. 13, 2001--
Seventh Consecutive Week of Internet Radio Audience Growth
MeasureCast, Inc., the first company to provide Internet radio
broadcasters with next-day streaming audience size and demographics
data, today reported that the MeasureCast Weekly Top 25(TM) ranking
of Internet radio stations has a new leader - WQXR-FM, the classical
station of The New York Times.
MeasureCast also reported that the MeasureCast Internet Radio
Index(TM), which tracks listening to streaming radio stations, rose
one percent to 329 during the week of October 29 - November 4 - the
seventh consecutive week of increases. Listening to stations measured
by MeasureCast has more than tripled since January.
WQXR-FM: Top Internet Radio Streamer:
WQXR-FM became the number one Internet radio station for the week
ending Nov. 4 by streaming 290,699 hours to 11,843 people. The number
two station, and the previous week's chart topper - jazzfm.com -
streamed 189,948 hours to 76,422 people. MEDIAmazing.com won third
place with 153,293 hours streamed to 53,537 people. MeasureCast
stations are ranked by TTSL (total time spent listening).
Founded in 1936, WQXR-FM was the first commercial classical music
radio station in the United States, and since 1944 it has been owned
and operated by The New York Times Company. WQXR is a 24-hour
classical music station that includes news highlights, and features
and reviews by New York Times correspondents.
"We have always been on the cutting edge of technological
innovation," said Tom Bartunek, President and General Manager, WQXR.
"The first FM stereo tests were done with WQXR, and our AM outlet was
the first AM stereo station in New York. Today we're on the cutting
edge again by streaming our quality classical music to the world."
The top four classical music stations measured by MeasureCast (and
their total number of hours streamed) are: WQXR-FM (290,699 hours);
KING-FM (124,682); Cablemusic Networks Classical (23,686); and WCPE-
FM (19,067).
The MeasureCast Weekly Top 25(TM) (Monday, Oct. 29 - Sunday, Nov. 4,
2001) Total TSL(1) (in Cume LW TW Station Format Owner/Network URL
hours) Persons(2)
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NEW 1 WQXR-FM/96.3 Classical The New York 290,699 11,843 (New York)
Times http://www.wqxr.com
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1 2 JazzFM/102.2 FM Jazz jazzfm.com / 189,948 76,422 & 100.4 FM
ejazz.fm (London) http://www.jazzfm.com
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2 3 MEDIAmazing Listener MEDIAmazing 153,293 53,537 (Internet-only)
Formatted http://www.mediamazing.com
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3 4 Virgin Radio/1215 Adult Virgin Radio 133,052 29,336 AM & 105.8 FM
Alternative New Media (London) http://www.virginradio.co.uk
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4 5 KING-FM/98.1 Classical Classic Radio 124,682 23,054 (Seattle)
Inc. Real Broadcast Networks http://www.king.org
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5 6 ESPN Radio Sports Talk The Walt Disney 118,824 20,630
(Internet-only) Internet Group http://www.espnradio.com
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6 7 Radio Margaritaville Classic Rock Radio 60,348 10,654
(Internet-only) Margaritaville http://www.radiomargaritaville.com
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9 8 WFXZ-FM/93.7 Classic Rock Sea-Comm Media / 56,707 7,937
(Wilmington, NC) Warp Radio http://www.937thebone.com
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41 9 The Tom Joyner News / Talk ABC Radio 43,231 8,725 Morning Show
Networks (Dallas) http://www.tjms.com
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7 10 KCRW-FM/89.9 College Santa Monica 42,030 9,101 (Los Angeles)
College http://www.kcrw.org
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8 11 Cablemusic Smooth Jazz Cablemusic.com 37,192 6,125 Jazz
(Internet-only) http://www.cablemusic.com
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11 12 WSB-AM/750 News / Talk Cox Radio, Inc. / 37,008 6,372 (Atlanta)
StreamAudio http://www.wsbradio.com
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10 13 WBLS-FM/107.5 Urban R & B Inner City 35,831 3,711 (New York)
Broadcasting / BroadcastURBAN http://www.wblsi.com
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12 14 3WK Alternative 3WK 34,580 8,789 Undergroundradio Rock
(Internet-only) http://www.3wk.com
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16 15 Cablemusic Country Country Cablemusic.com 31,463 6,203
(Internet-only) http://www.cablemusic.com
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15 16 XACT Radio Miscellaneous XACT Radio 31,228 4,307 (Internet-
only) Networks http://www.xactradio.com
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14 17 BeOnAir Rock Rock BeOnAir.com 30,894 4,366 (Internet-only)
http://www.rock.beonair.com
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18 18 KRLA-AM/870 News/Talk Salem 28,456 5,441 (Los Angeles)
Communications http://www.krla870.com
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17 19 Cablemusic Top 40 CHR / Cablemusic.com 25,808 6,459
(Internet-only) Top 40 http://www.cablemusic.com
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13 20 Alice New Media Miscellaneous Alice 25,180 4,319 (Internet-
only) New Media http://www.aliceonair.com
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27 21 WEEI-AM/850 AM Sports Radio Entercom / 24,057 4,634 (Boston)
StreamAudio http://www.weei.com
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45 22 Cablemusic Classical Cablemusic.com 23,686 5,286 Classical
(Internet-only) http://www.cablemusic.com
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21 23 Cablemusic Top 40 Adult Cablemusic.com 22,790 5,122 Adult
Contemporary (Internet-only) http://www.cablemusic.com
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20 24 Virgin Radio Classic Rock Virgin Radio 21,476 5,042 Classic New
Media (Internet-only) [no URL given]
World Reporter All Material Subject to Copyright (via Mike Cooper,
DXLD)
** U S A. Television Radio --- Deal Tunes Out Static at WBAI
The two-year battle between WBAI's parent Pacifica Foundation
and dissidents who think the current management of both 'BAI and
Pacifica should be replaced for taking things in the wrong direction
may have been resolved by a compromise that so far seems to suit both
sides.
The majority of the current Pacifica board and the dissidents each
will appoint five members to a new Pacifica board. The Local Advisory
Boards (LABs) of the five Pacifica stations will appoint one member
each.
The agreement doesn't address programming, but reportedly would allow
for the repatriation of at least some staffers fired at WBAI over the
last year. It also would put Amy Goodman's "Democracy Now" back on
the air (David Hinckley, New York Daily News, Original Publication
Date: 11/24/01 via Mike Cooper, DXLD)
Dear All -- Many people have emailed to ask me my thoughts about the
Pacifica National Board meeting last weekend. Due to a death in the
family I was away from home all week and this is my first opportunity
to respond. On November 17th the Pacifica Board of Directors, with 9
out of 15 directors present and voting, adopted a resolution that all
the directors would submit their resignations & the board would be
reconstituted by 5 members chosen by the board majority, 5 members
chosen by the board "dissidents", and 5 members chosen by the 5 local
station advisory boards ("LABs"). This would be called a "transition
board" and would require a 2/3rds majority vote to take any "major"
actions. ("Major" was not defined.) The "transition board" would be
required to hold elections of new LABs by the listener-sponsors in
each station area on a timetable to be determined, and to address
issues concerning the station managers, the fired & banned staff at
WBAI, Democracy Now!, the Pacifica Network News stringers' strike.
My thoughts are that it is very uncertain at this point whether the
PNB "resolution" will be ratified by the board members who were not
there. The board does not have the legal authority to compel the
resignations of those who don't agree. If the resolution does take
effect, there are numerous problems with it. Much remains to be seen.
The lawsuits, however, are NOT settled by this board resolution --
and numerous legal and financial issues are still outstanding. We
cannot rely upon a board "resolution" -- we must have legally binding
court orders, not just promises, to democratize and return Pacifica
to its mission at all five stations.
There are serious issues at all 5 Pacifica stations -- serious
financial issues, serious management issues, serious issues of
programming, serious personnel issues, serious issues of governance
structure -- I am particularly displeased with a board that requires
a 2/3rds majority vote in order to resolve any of these issues. We
are pressing forward with our aggressive deposition schedule &
preparing for trial in January. We also filed a motion for contempt
this week against the board majority defendants due to their failure
to post the court ordered bond to cover their attorneys' fees that
have been advanced by Pacifica.
Your continued financial support is needed and appreciated -- see
below for information how to support the listeners' lawsuit. Pacifica
Means Peace. Thanks, (Carol Spooner, Committee to Remove the Pacifica
Board (sponsoring the "listeners' lawsuit") web page:
http://home.pon.net/wildrose/remove.htm via gail blasie, DXLD)
** U S A [and non]. SPECIAL Marconi transmission via AWR. As
confirmed by Mr Jeff White of WRMI, Lesea Broadcasting (KWHR, etc.)
has confirmed that they will broadcast the Marconi special program.
It will be on Dec. 12th, rather than the following weekend during
Cumbre DX. Time(s) and frequency(ies) for this broadcast(s) are still
awaited. Also Dr. Adrian Peterson has confirmed that AWR has agreed
to broadcast this program as Wave Scan no. 366 on Sunday December 30.
Greetings! (Swopan Chakroborty, Kolkata, India, GRDXC via DXLD)
** U S A [and non]. On last night's "Allan Weiner Worldwide", Allan
mentioned that he persuaded the Shortwave Store
http://www.usa.shortwavestore.com to carry the Sony car radio
w/shortwave (XR-CA620X). The price is $229, which is about the same
as I paid with shipping from Jacky's in Dubai. The radio is well
worth it, Tina and I listen to it several hours per day while we're
on the road. It is sensitive enough, the only annoyance is the lack
of coverage at the lower end of the 31m band. Allan also said that
anyone mentioning WBCQ will get free shipping (Dan Lewis, WBCQ
Webmster, Nov 24, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Subject: I beg your pardon!
Re The Media Mind, DXLD 1-181:
I run a *maildrop* at PO Box 1, Belfast, NY 14711, and that address
is also the HDQ for The ACE pirate listening club.
It is obvious that you're not "up" on the pirate scene, and there's
really no excuse for that. Anyone who would publicly name a pirate
Operator is a moron and should not be trusted. The only other person
who has done so (Radio Bob) is now an outcast in the hobby. I guess
we'll have to add you to that short list.
I shouldn't even give you this hint, but TIER isn't within several
hundred miles of me! I expect to see a retraction and appology ASAP.
(John T. Arthur, Nov 25, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
John, This may seem a minor point to you, but it was not I who
speculated you were a certain pirate, but author Loren Cox, who wrote
the piece. I am sorry that this offended you. It does seem to me
anyone has the right to speculate about the identity of any pirate,
just as we speculate about the backers and location of political
clandestines. And a non-pirate also has the right to deny it. I will
be glad to publish your denial. I myself have no idea which pirates
you personally may or may not have operated, nor do I care. Just
because you run a maildrop does not mean you are *not* TIER, as you
seem to posit.
There certainly is an excuse for my not being `up` on the pirate
scene, and that is that I find the whole thing rather infantile and
boring, with some notable exceptions; however the subject will
certainly come up from time to time in my publications as it just
did. Take it easy. P.S.: BTW, I almost deleted your message unread as
it looked like spam. Better rethink your subject lines (Glenn to John
T. Arthur) [and we have inserted his objection into 1-181 archive]
Subject: Publish my denial... my @$$...
You will publish a retraction and appology. There was no basis for
whoever's statement that TIER was "me". And it doesn't matter who
wrote the ariticle. You are responsible for the content of your
publication. It shows a total lack of understanding of the pirate
scene. Maybe some pirates don't measure up to your NPR standard, but
many (if not most) are far more creative than anything educational
radio could ever come up with.
No self-respecting "name" DXer would have published that accusation
to begin with. Nobody in the pirate scene will ever have anything to
do with you again. Pirates "childish"? Maybe. I guess you've never
bothered to listen to any of them. Many are very professional, unlike
you and your publications. [John T. Arthur, unsigned, DX LISTENING
DIGEST]
Dear John, I had already inserted an item about your denying this, in
the archive DXLD 1-181 on my website, if you care to take a look at
it again. Your previous remarks are in the pipeline for the next
issue which will probably come out shortly.
You really know how to influence people with your continuing insults
and threats. I was quite prepared to take you at your word about your
not being TIER or involved in pirate radio beyond listening and
maildropping, but it now seems to me that you protest *too* much. But
if you are not TIER, you couldn`t possibly be busted for that, so
what`s the big problem?
As for the merits of pirate radio per se, I am glad to publish tips
about well-done programming, whatever the source.
Did it ever occur to you that instead of being an ``accusation`` Cox
could have been paying you a compliment as the supposed producer of
the TIER programming, not necessarily the transmitter? Anyone who
heckled Major Steve is OK in my book. I understand that a lot of
pirate producers let others take the risks of actual transmission.
Let me assure you that I have not had and do not have any axe to
grind with you. The opinions expressed by contributors to DXLD are
their own, standard disclaimer, etc. 73, Glenn (to Arthur)
Hi Glenn: Regarding ** U S A [clandestine]. UPR: see THE MEDIA MIND
by Loren Cox, The article said that apparently T.I.E.R. (Take It Easy
Radio) is John T. Arthur. Actually, John Arthur is just the maildrop
operator for T.I.E.R., as well as several other pirate/free radio
stations that also use Box 1, Belfast, NY, 14711. (...my guess is
that Loren Cox is about 100 or so miles closer to T.I.E.R.'s xmtr
than to Belfast NY, and in the opposite direction) 73 (Niel Wolfish,
Free Radio Weekly, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** URUGUAY. 6010.37 kHz, NUEVA FRECUENCIA, Emisora Ciudad de
Montevideo, 1353-1415+, Nov 25, con cxs [comentarios?] sobre el
"Carnaval" en el programa "Rememorando"; a las 1355 avisos
comerciales, entre otros de: Sanitaria El Hornero, La Favorita,
Atlas, Restaurante Panamericano, Ferretería Martín, Confitería La
Ópera, Motores Eléctricos Ltda., Tipoy, etc. A las 1401 ID "En su
receptor, CX42, Emisoras Ciudad de Montevideo, Uruguay, transmitiendo
en 1360 kHz, la frecuencia que se sintoniza con mayor frecuencia" y
luego "Por CX42, Emisoras Ciudad de Montevideo, el Carnaval y su
gente, "Rememorando"", y luego comentarios sobre el tema por locutor.
SINPO: 35443. Nada en la ex-frecuencia de 9650 kHz. 73's (Gabriel
Iván Barrera, Argentina, Conexión Digital via DXLD) Cf DXLD 1-177
UNIDENTIFIED. 6900.04, (presumed) Meteoroloji Sesi Radyosu from
Turkey, 0441 NOV 25, Mideastern music, audio with very deep bass,
fair signal strength. Did not spend much time on this, so got no ID.
I know this is not much of a logging, but significant for NAm DXers,
since this is so irregular. 0400-0500 is a very nice time propagation
wise from Turkey on this freq, for USA listeners (David Hodgson, TN,
DX LISTENING DIGEST) previous 4866 unID: see FRANCE ###